Three years ago, Florida wide receiver Frankie Hammond was on the outside looking in at his career after being thrown off the team by Urban Meyer for a DUI incident.

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David Jones
| Florida Today

Thursday was an interesting moment in the life of Florida wide receiver Frankie Hammond. He arrived in New Orleans for the Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl realizing that, just a few years ago, his time as a Gator was probably over.

Urban Meyer took his scholarship away after a DUI arrest, forcing Hammond to earn his way back on the team. He did.

Three years later, Hammond has graduated and he's a starter on this season's 11-1 team. But at the same time of the beginning of his goodbye as a Gator, a couple of teammates beat him to it. ...